REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST rll3 



Richards well 



W. J. PENNEY 



Lot 20, Greenwood township. Drilled 1892. 



Feet 



Gray sand and shale to 777^ 



Completed at 814 



Feet 



Drive pipe CO 

 Casing 260 

 Gas sand, 24 feet at74G 



Produced 9 or 10 barrels a day. 



Updike well 



W. J. PENNEY 



East of Andover near county line. Drilled April 4, 1895. 

 A three barrel well 



Feet 



Bottom of oil sand 654 

 Bottom of well 6SS 



Feet 



Drive pipe 40 

 Casing 330 

 Oil sand with gas at 627 



Well records from the principal oil field lying in the southern 

 tier of townships have been published by Ashburner and others. 

 A single one is introduced by way of sample. 



Well no. 2, lot 33, Bolivar, W<mgh and Porter sands 



H. R. ELLIOT 



Bellamy & Elliot owners. 



Feet 



Gas sand, 20 feet at 1341 



Oil sand atl3S3^ 



Shot Jan. 22, 1891. 



Feet 



Bottom oil sand at 140S^2 



Total depth 1419 



Consumption of natural gas in Allegany and Steuben counties 

 The Mutual gas co. limited, of Andover obtains its gas from 

 the Andover field, where, as has been stated, it has 30 producing 

 wells. It supplies with fuel and light the villages of Andover, 

 Alfred, Whitesville and Greenwood and Hornellsville in part. 



As the gas is sold both by meter and by monthly or yearly con- 

 tract, it is difficult to estimate with accuracy the total output. 

 Andover, a village of 1000 inhabitants, uses gas to the practical 



